Still can!
Still can!
This film really caught me off-guard the first time I saw it. I was hoping for a gritty procedural cop drama, but wasn't expecting, in addition to said drama, sudden outbreaks of flying kicks, a ten-minute karaoke scene culminating with the chief vomiting into a bucket, endless gallows humour, and an ending/final…
It's beautiful, and so subtle. And really, I guess, only works so well because the preceding two hours have done such a great job of telling the story. Oh, plus Kang-ho Song is an absolute boss.
A smell? Oh, well a lot of the stars from the 70's - they were not as hygienic as they appeared on TV.
Solid episode. Only thing I would've changed is… I think the show should have had the centuries-old broken witch seek out Thoros of Myr - a drunk, under-achiever - to perform the ritual. It makes sense that he should have that one specialty, because it really fits his character as a talented wayward ruffian who kind…
I'm surprised to see Hannibal so high on the list; I mean, did it get like really good or what? What am I missing out on here? I watched the first four episodes of the first series and it was so schlocky I couldn't persist. Every irritating but attractive character, the many flashbacks, the suspenseful Saw-style…